The Development of the Supervisory Behavior Description Questionnaire, Forms 1, and 2.

Autor/in	Sistrunk, Walter E.
Titel	The Development of the Supervisory Behavior Description Questionnaire, Forms 1, and 2.
Quelle	(1981), (15 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Authoritarianism; Elementary Secondary Education; Evaluation Methods; Field Tests; Measurement Techniques; Multiple Regression Analysis; Predictor Variables; Research Design; School Supervision; Semantic Differential; Supervisory Methods; Tables (Data); Teacher Motivation; Teacher Supervision + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autoritarismus; Praxisübung; Messtechnik; Prädiktor; Forschungsdesign; Schulaufsicht; Tabelle
Abstract	The development of two instruments useful in evaluating supervisory behavior is described in this paper. Form 1 of the Supervisory Behavior Description Questionnaire (SBDQ) is an ordinal-type scale originally composed of eight sub-scales and 132 triads of items. Each item is composed of a very directive statement, a collaborative statement, and a very non-directive statement. Form 1 of the instrument was field tested on 107 graduate students who also completed the California F scale measuring authoritarianism. The results were correlated with their SBDQ responses. A step-wise multiple regression formula was used to analyze the data. The results indicated that most respondents preferred the directive mode of supervision. However, a significant majority preferred the non-directive mode of supervision of some behaviors. Few respondents indicated a preference for the collaborative mode of supervisory behavior. Form 2 of the SBDQ is a modified semantic differential instrument originally consisting of the statements contained in Form 1. Form 2 was administered to 60 graduate students along with the Tennessee Self Concept Scale. Some of the findings are summarized in the text. (Author/MLF)
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